Ultrafast Phenomena X

1. Parameteric Generation

   1. Generation and Applications of Mid-Infrared Femtosecond Pulses Obtained by Optical Rectification of 15-fs Near-Infrared Pulses

      • M. Joffre, A. Bonvalet, J.-L. Martin, A. Migus

      Pages 42-43

   2. Fiber Laser Pumped Femtosecond Optical Parametric Generator

      • A. Galvanauskas, M. A. Arbore, M. M. Fejer, M. E. Fermann, D. Harter

      Pages 44-45

2. Terahertz Sources and Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Previously Impossible Measurements Made Possible by THz-Time-Domain Spectroscopy

      • D. Grischkowsky, R. A. Cheville

      Pages 49-51

   3. Noncontact Semiconductor Wafer Characerization with T-Rays

      • D. M. Mittleman, M. C. Nuss, J. Cunningham, M. Geva

      Pages 52-53

   4. Electro-Optic Imaging of THz Beams

      • X.-C. Zhang, Q. Wu, T. D. Hewitt

      Pages 54-55

   5. High Resolution Sub-Millimeter Spectroscopy Using Mode-Locked Laser Driven Electro-Optic Antennas

      • T. M. Goyette, W. Guo, F. C. De Lucia, E. R. Brown, K. A. McIntosh, K. Juvan et al.

      Pages 56-57

   6. Pulsed Terahertz Spectroscopy of Solutions: Experiment and Memory Function Analysis

      • B. Flanders, R. Cheville, D. Grischkowsky, N. F. Scherer

      Pages 58-59

   7. Free-Space Electro-Optic Samplers

      • Q. Wu, M. Litz, X.-C. Zhang

      Pages 60-61

   8. Tunable Photoconducting Emitters and Detectors of Free Space Terahertz Radiation

      • A. S. Weling, D. H. Auston, T. F. Heinz

      Pages 62-63

   9. Superradiant Terahertz Emission from Bloch Oscillations

      • R. Martini, G. Klose, H. G. Roskos, H. Kurz, H. T. Grahn, R. Hey et al.

      Pages 64-65

   10. Transient Grating with Asymmetric Arms for Electro-Optic Generation of THz Radiation

       • H. Kawashima, F. Sasaki, S. Kobayashi, T. Tani

       Pages 66-68

   11. Terahertz Waveform Synthesis and Enhanced Narrow-Band Terahertz Generation Using Femtosecond Pulse Shaping

       • Y. Liu, S.-G. Park, A. M. Werner

       Pages 69-70

   12. Diffracting Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy Using Mid-Infrared Femtosecond Pulses

       • A. Bonvalet, M. Joffre, A. Migus, J.-L. Martin

       Pages 71-72

3. High Brightness Light Pulses: Systems and Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Generation of 25 TW, 32 fs Pulses at 10 Hz

      • C. Le Blanc, A. Antonetti, J. P. Chambaret, G. Cheriaux, P. Curley, G. Darpentigny et al.

      Pages 75-76

   3. Sub-20-fs Multiterawatt Laser and Ultrafast X-Ray Source

      • C. P. J. Barty, T. Guo, C. Le Blanc, C. Rose-Petruck, F. Ráksi, J. A. Squier et al.

      Pages 77-78

   4. 16 fs Pulse Generation and Measurement in the Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet

      • C. G. Durfee III, S. Backus, J. Peatross, E. Zeek, K. Read, F. Weihe et al.

      Pages 79-80

   5. High Energy 10 fs Pulses by a New Pulse Compression Technique Using Hollow Quartz Waveguides

      • M. Nisoli, S. De Silvestri, S. Stagira, O. Svelto

      Pages 81-82

   6. On the Pulse Quality Limitations in Ultrashort Chirped Pulse Amplification

      • J. P. Chambaret, G. Chériaux, P. Rousseau, F. Salin

      Pages 83-84

This volume contains papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena held at Del Coronado, California, from May 28 to June 1, 1996. The biannual Ultrafast Phenomena Conferences provide a forum for the discussion of the latest advances in ultrafast optics and their applications in science and engineering. The Ultrafast Phenomena Conference maintains a broad international representation with 391 participants from 18 countries, including 94 students attending the conference. The multidisciplinary character of this meeting provides a cross-fertilization of ultrafast concepts and techniques among various scientific and engineering disciplines. The enthusiasm of the paticipants, the originality and quality of the papers that they presented, and the beautiful conference site combined to produce a very successful and enjoyable meeting. Progress was reported in the technology of generating ultrashort pulses, in­ cluding new techniques for improving laser-pulse duration, output power, wave­ length range, and compactness. Ultrafast spectroscopy continues to impact on and expand the knowledge base of fundamental processes in physics, chemistry, biol­ ogy and engineering. In addition ultrafast phenomena now extends to real-world applications in biology, high-speed communication, and material diagnostics. The Tenth Ultrafast Phenomena Conference was highlighted by a 'special event' in which the developments of the previous conferences were reviewed in a panel discussion by G. Mourou, E. Ippen, A. Migus, A. Laubereau and R. Hochstrasser.

• chemistry
• laser
• measurement technology

• Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

  Paul F. Barbara

• Department of Electrical Engineering and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

  James G. Fujimoto

• Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technology, Holmdel, USA

  Wayne H. Knox

• Institut für Medizinische Optik, Universität München, München, Germany

  Wolfgang Zinth

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